Altamaha Tech candidates are down to three
By Drew Davis
STAFF WRITER
The Press Sentinel
And then there were three.
The Altamaha Technical College President Search Committee has narrowed an initial field of 16 candidates to three -- Lorette Hoover, Larry Calhoun and Hank Hobbs.
In a Jan. 25 letter to Interim Commissioner Ron Jackson, Committee Chair Mickey Whittington sent the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education the list of three finalists so that the Department can make a final selection.
The Committee released the names to the public this past week.
The position of president became open Aug. 31 with the retirement of Dr. C. Paul Scott.
Lorette Hoover is the chief academic officer (vice president of instructional services) at Southwest Georgia Technical College in Thomasville, where she served as interim president last year. She has also served as vice president of student services and vice president of economic development at Southwest Georgia Tech.
Prior to her work in Thomasville, she served in several capacities, including vice president of instruction and student services, at West Georgia Technical College in LaGrange, where she was also the executive director of the school¹s foundation.
She holds a master of science degree in management from Troy State University and is projected to receive her doctorate in higher education leadership from Nova Southeastern University this year.
Larry Calhoun is the vice president of educational services at Georgia Aviation and Technical College in Eastman.
Prior to beginning his work with the college, he was a decorated career Air Force officer whose prominent postings later in his service included deputy inspector general at the Air Force Reserve Headquarters and vice wing commander at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.
He holds an education specialist¹s degree in occupational studies from the University of Georgia in Athens.
Hank Hobbs is Altamaha Technical College¹s associate vice president of instruction and Hazlehurst operations and was formerly the director of operations for the Hazlehurst campus.
Prior to his work in the public sector, he was a professional engineer who ascended to the position of plant engineer at Emerson Electric¹s Alco Controls Division in Hazlehurst.
He holds a master of technology degree from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro and has applied for a doctoral program in adult and career education at Valdosta State University.
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